Missus phoned me at work - "here, your daughter wants to speak to you"
Daughter "Dad, I have just passed my driving test"
Dad - Gulp!!!!
So she will be 18 in August, has been taking lessons since her 17th birthday, one a week, £20 a lesson and paid for it herself out of her part time earnings.
I took her out a few weeks ago in a hired dual control car and thought she would never make a driver - was facing up to having to console her time after time when she failed her test.
Totally gobsmacked with yesterday's call, especially since she had not told a soul, other than the driving instructor, that she had the test!
So now instead of the worry of her failing tests, I now have the worry of trying to get her on our insurance, or buying her a wee runabout.
And then the worry every time she is out driving.
Especially at night.
And thats after I deal with the worry of her going on holiday with a group of her schoolmates to Majorca!
When do parents get to stop worrying about their kids???
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>> When do parents get to stop worrying about their kids???
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When the parants pass away....
My mum worried about me till the day she died.
I think dad worrys too, but he wouldn't say.....
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Never, Bobby. Mine are 41/39/34. All parents so there's another generation to worry about as well.
Most worry is to do with their finances........so we help them all out when they need us.
Ted
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Cheapest possible insurance for youngsters is on a Peugeot 107,Toyota Aygo or the Citroen C1.(All the same car essentially)
They also have 4 airbags,£20 road tax and do 50 miles to the gallon.
The teenagers seem to like the funky looks especially in black for the boys.The boot is absolutely tiny but you can get 4 people in the car at a pinch.
Insurance wise i found Admiral the cheapest using a multicar policy.
Good luck on getting a cheap quote,you'll need it!.
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Never, I was driving behind one of my (well adult) daughters recently on a short journey in her area to a destination that I did not know. I had to give the motor some stick to keep up and I never hold up the traffic. I know the other one has a similar driving style. It must be in the genes. :-)
Last edited by: Old Navy on Thu 24 May 12 at 08:45
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>> Never, I was driving behind one of my (well adult) daughters recently on a short
>> journey in her area to a destination that I did not know. I had to
>> give the motor some stick to keep up and I never hold up the traffic.
>> I know the other one has a similar driving style. It must be in the
>> genes. :-)
So where did the genes come from? clearly not yours ;)
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>> It must be in the genes. :-)
Escaped from the jeans, more likely.
:-)
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>> So now instead of the worry of her failing tests, I now have the worry
>> of trying to get her on our insurance, or buying her a wee runabout.
I can't understand the issue here. My father told me he couldn't afford to insure me, I had no money, problem sorted. Age 35 I took my test and passed. I bought a car. Why can't she buy herself a car when she has the money? I am amazed at how people buy their children a brand new car at age 18. Lucky kids.
>> And then the worry every time she is out driving.
>> Especially at night.
See above. Sorted. :)
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My Altea is on an Admiral multicar policy with my wife's Beetle joining it in July and then the renewal for both is in October.
To add daughter to my Altea until Oct- £328
To bring forward my wife's Beetle insurance to now and add her to that - £268.22 (the Beetle was going to cost £80 from June to Oct anyway so that is only an extra £180)
To insure an £800 Clio 1.2 Expression in her own name, from now until October, is £352. However that particular Clio is group 5 insurance, found this website which lists all the cars by group so now going to sit with ebay / autotrader to see whats available in the group 1/2 cars.
www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-insurance/Find-Cars-By-Insurance-Group/18/
Have been putting a tenner a month away in an account for her since birth so thats where the money is coming from!
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>> To insure an £800 Clio 1.2 Expression in her own name, from now until October,
>> is £352. However that particular Clio is group 5 insurance, found this website which lists
>> all the cars by group so now going to sit with ebay / autotrader to
>> see whats available in the group 1/2 cars.
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>> www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-insurance/Find-Cars-By-Insurance-Group/18/
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According to that website, there is no insurance data for any of the cars in this household (registrations from 1998 to 2011, S max, C max, Ka and Civic). All mainstream cars I would have thought!
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I don't know if they still do it (I'm going back 10 years here!) but when my girls were learning to drive, and for the first couple of years after they'd passed their test and were driving Mum's car when they were home from uni, we used the Co-op insurance on an any driver policy "with young drivers declared". It wasn't much dearer than the standard policy - many of the parents around here used the same cover.
My girls were both pretty competent bt neither passed first time - we thought one would, but she she had a locum tester who took her a strange route and that kind of thing throws girls who often appear to be good at things simply by remembering them, whereas a lad will work it out. One of their friends who remains a useless driver passed first time. Their isntructor said he'd given up trying to figure out - he thought the results were almost completely random.
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Daaa -aaad! - swiss tony
